Guhagar Town is located around 44 km from Chiplun in
Ratnagiri Distirct in Maharashtra. The town has two famous Hindu Temples. Guhagar
Temple include Durga Devi Temple and Vyadeshwar temple.
Guhagar Durga Devi Temple is dedicated to Goddess Durga
and is the family deity or Kuldaivata of Chitpavan families. There are four
subsidiary shrines in the main temple complex. Thus making it a five deity
temple – Panchayatan.
Vyadeshwar temple is dedicated to Shiva. It is believed
that the temple is constructed at the spot where Bhagvan Shiva gave darshan to
Parashuram.
Shiva is known here as Vyadeshwar because the Shivling was
installed by Vyad Muni.